Nepal Police is going to mobilize 75,497 police personnel for the upcoming elections.

In an interview with Kathmandu Post , Police Spokesperson DIG Avinarayan Kafle informed that police personnel will be mobilized in various roles. According to him, they will have roles such as mobile patrol, reserve force, surveillance and command center operation.

Spokesperson Kafle said that 133,980 election police personnel will support the police deployed for security, and about 200,000 human resources will be mobilized for the election. To a question focused on election security, Kafle said that a special task force has been mobilized to return weapons lost or stolen during the protests and most of the stolen weapons and absconding criminals are currently under control. He said, "We have raided suspicious areas based on accurate information. Detailed details and addresses of absconding prisoners have been sent to each police post and local municipality. We have focused the security mechanism on this work so that such elements cannot increase the threat during the election."

Kafle said that the police have 694 small vehicles, 42 large vehicles and 2,628 motorcycles. He said, "We need an additional 1,482 small vehicles, 132 large vehicles and 417 motorcycles. For that, we are requesting private and public sector vehicles to be provided as per the protocols established in collaboration with the government and the Election Commission."

Spokesperson Kafle said that there have been incidents of election-related clashes and tension in some areas and that work is being done to establish tripartite coordination between the local administration, the office of the election officer and the security agency in politically sensitive areas. He said, "We are focusing on crowd management strategies in a modern way, different from the old methods."

We use a software called e-Monitor to identify false information, rumors and hate speech - Police Spokesperson DIG Avinarayan Kafle He said that the police are also working to regulate rumors and hateful content spread through social media. Informing that a cyber cell has been established up to the district level for the election period, he said, "We use a software called e-Monitor to identify false information, rumors and hate speech." He said that work is also being done to identify candidates or workers who are misleading the public in coordination with the Election Commission.